Other Life Drawings

Here is a selection of different types of life drawings, in no particular order, from the last ten years. I’ve never tried to find a consistent drawing style, because for me there’s no right or wrong way to draw.

Most of these are very unfinished, but running out of time is normal when you work with a live model in short sessions.

Coloured Lyra pencils

Conte crayons

Chalk, charcoal, ink, pastel

Willow charcoal

Lyra pencil

Compressed charcoal, conte

Willow charcoal, pastel

Graphite pencil

Conte, charcoal pencil

Ink, charcoal, pastel

Willow charcoal, charcoal pencil

Pastel

Willow charcoal

Conte, charcoal pencil

Willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, chalk

Lyra pencil, pastel

Willow charcoal

Lyra pencil

Willow charcoal

Conte, charcoal pencil

Lyra pencils, chinagraph

Charcoal pencil

Conte

Pastel, conte

Compressed charcoal, conte, pastel

Acrylic, conte

Pencil

Pencil

Willow charcoal. compressed charcoal

Charcoal, conte

Lyra pencils

Lyra pencil

Coloured pencil

Lyra pencils

Lyra pencils

Conte

Lyra pencils

Lyra pencils, pastel pencil

Lyra pencils

Lyra pencils

Willow charcoal

Conte

Lyra pencils

Pencil

Ink, conte

Pencil, chalk

Conte, compressed charcoal

Lyra pencils

Lyra pencils, chinagraph

Willow charcoal, charcoal pencil

Inkjet ink

Lyra pencils

Lyra pencil

Lyra pencil

Willow charcoal, compressed charcoal

Willow charcoal, chalk

Willow charcoal, pastel

Lyra pencil

Coloured pencil

Coloured pencil

Lyra pencil

Conte

Lyra pencil

Willow charcoal, charcoal pencil

Lyra pencils

Charcoal, conte

Willow charcoal, charcoal pencil

Willow charcoal

Willow charcoal

Pencil

Willow charcoal

Willow charcoal. compressed charcoal

Lyra pencil

Charcoal pencil

Conte, compressed charcoal

Conte, ink

Willow charcoal, charcoal pencil

Willow charcoal, charcoal pencil

Willow charcoal

Willow charcoal, compressed charcoal

Compressed charcoal

Pastel

Willow charcoal, charcoal pencil

In case you are wondering, ‘Lyra Pencils’, or more accurately ‘Lyra Farb-Reisen Color Giants’, are a brand of thicker than usual – 6.25mm ‘lead’ – wooden coloured pencils made in Germany, and they are much loved by kindergartens. They are fatter to hold and they draw with a very smooth and creamy feel. Most good art shops can get them for you if you order a box or two at a time. Or, they have a website, if you can read German, http://www.lyra.de.